Mailfence - A Private and Secure Email Suite based in Belgium

[Anvil]

Tuta mail does it too

[smallboartskin]

That’s not true. You’re account is locked for 48 hours, then you can freely use it even if created using a VPN.

[Anvil]

That is not what happened to me lol

[Equinox]

Just tried creating my account but it didn’t complete after finalizing with the recovery code. Because I was using a VPN and my own domain as recovery mail. Those were 2 examples of the reasons why it could have failed, try again in 24h is the message.

[anon11657877]

Does Mailfence have zero-access encryption like Proton Mail, Mailbox.org, Tutanota, and Posteo? Otherwise I don’t see why it should be recommended on here since IMAP isn’t available for free accounts.

Also, according to FAQ, anonymous payments (Cash and Monero) aren’t accepted although it’s not much of a concern if you’re using your real name anyways.

[mika]

According to their blog they added encryption at rest earlier this year:

Encryption at Rest: What is It, and How Mailfence Implemented It - Mailfence...

But the blog post does not explain how this works with IMAP support, which they also have (without a bridge).

I’m a bit concerned about them disappearing from this thread and the Reddit thread on the topic without answering users’ questions about how the encryption works.

I desperately want to find a good alternative to Mailbox.org and I was hoping MailFence may have been that option but none of this gives me confidence (can’t use ProtonMail/Tuta due to no CardDAV support).

[Kodachrome]

Might Posteo be a solution for you? They support encryption at rest using the public key you supply. I’ve been using them for 3 months. Webmail and calendar and migration inbound and customer support are awful but it’s cheap and imap/smtp have been solid. Oh they don’t support custom domains either.

[anon11657877]

@mika

According to their blog they added encryption at rest earlier this year:

But is it zero knowledge encryption?

@Kodachrome

Might Posteo be a solution for you? They support encryption at rest using the public key you supply. I’ve been using them for 3 months. Webmail and calendar and migration inbound and customer support are awful but it’s cheap and imap/smtp have been solid. Oh they don’t support custom domains either.

As long as you don’t mind everyone spoofing your email addresses and scamming others under your name marked as legitimate.

Posteo (email provider)

I’ve been doing an in-depth exploration of private email providers. My conclusion is that Posteo is the best. There are 5 reasons in the links above for rejecting Posteo - None of which hold up. I shall respond one by one, and in doing so, demonstrate the advantages of Posteo. ‘Anyone can spoof posteo domain because it lacks DMARC policy’ This is not true. SPF/DKIM signatures prevent spoofing.. DMARC seems like an additional, unnecessary, tool. Nevertheless, Posteo does have a DMARC policy o…

[mika]

@anon11657877

But is it zero knowledge encryption?

That’s what I’ve been trying to figure out - and the question they didn’t respond to in that Reddit topic.

It’s conspicuous that they disappeared from both here and there when asked for details about it. Especially because both threads were started by them! Not encouraging.

[Anvil]

@pdeschutter

If you send us an email at support@mailfence.com, we’ll be happy to set you up with a trial

Unfortunately, that is not what happened when I reached out to that address. Instead, they told me to use a different IP.